The Regulatory Challenge of Autonomous Vehicles
The autonomous vehicle is one of the most important technological innovations of the last several decades. One thing that separates the AV industry from other advanced sectors is the difficult...
View ArticleKeep Your Third-Party Communications Privileged
Corporations increasingly rely on third parties in global bribery investigations, data security incidents and other investigations. The extent to which communications with these third parties are...
View ArticleLegal Competence and the Role of Technological Expertise
Twenty-six states have now adopted some version of the 2013 ABA Model Rule 1.1, which requires awareness of “the changes in the law and its practice, including the benefits and risks associated with...
View ArticleGeneral Counsel and the Headquarters Lease
A general counsel is often asked to spearhead a company’s efforts in connection with a headquarters lease. There are numerous traps for the unwary in this endeavor. To avoid them, here are some issue...
View ArticleMajor Issues in Real Estate Transactions
It is incumbent upon general counsel to have a full understanding of the major issues involved in an office lease. This article identifies those issues, and it offers suggestions and negotiating...
View ArticleBecoming a Third-Party Witness When Competitors or Suppliers Merge
To determine if a merger is good or bad for competition, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division need information about the merging parties and the relevant...
View ArticleSustainability Accounting Standards as the New GAAP
It took the 1929 crash, fueled in part by misleading financial reports, to prod congress to create the SEC and mandate reporting for publicly traded companies. But neither Congress nor the SEC...
View ArticleHow to Maximize Your Business Interruption Insurance Recovery
Each year nearly one in five companies suffers a catastrophic event that leads to two general categories of loss: physical property damage and business interruption (BI). Both are covered by...
View ArticleBest Practices and Priorities for GCs
General counsel must look for ways to protect the company’s legal and business interests while managing costs and maintaining efficiency in the department. Changing how the department delivers legal...
View ArticleTen Ways to Improve Your Arbitration Clause
Many companies use arbitration clauses in their contracts. One of the primary reasons is the desire to avoid class actions. Another is the understanding that arbitration can be less expensive, more...
View ArticleFive Techniques To Stop an IPR Before it Starts
Inter partes review is a popular and successful tool for invalidating patents. It is increasingly likely that at some point your company will be served with an IPR petition challenging the validity of...
View ArticleProtecting Your Company from Cybersecurity Litigation
Increased connectivity across all industries has greatly increased the potential for data breaches. Post data breach consumer lawsuits, typically asserting breach of contract or negligence theories,...
View ArticleBest Cyber Security Practices
Companies spend millions guarding against external threats, but often ignore internal threats that can be more devastating. Policies and permissions should be established for all who work at the...
View ArticleNegotiating a Tech Contract with a Large Customer
For a technology provider, getting the chance to contract with a large company can be a welcome opportunity. But these opportunities come with sophisticated, demanding legal teams. Large companies tend...
View ArticleUsing Big Data Analysis To Protect Against Internal Threats
Legal and compliance teams have a number of strategies they can employ against risky employee behaviors and communications. Cross-disciplinary legal and IT teams are using big-data analytics...
View ArticleCartel Investigations and Leniency
This article explains what happens in an antitrust cartel investigation and how to stay out of one. The government’s favored way to learn about cartels is its leniency program. Under this program, the...
View ArticleThe New ISO Anti-Bribery Standard
Guidance that has been adopted to help companies comply with the FCPA, the U.K. Bribery Act, and other laws adopted pursuant to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, helps mitigate the risk for bribery....
View ArticleSuccessful Implementation of Law Department Time-Tracking
In order to increases productivity and reduce unnecessary expenses, many law departments are seeking greater transparency with regard to how employees spend their time. Time-tracking initiatives in...
View ArticleHow will Gorsuch Field State and Local Tax Issues?
The presence of Neil M. Gorsuch could prove to be a key factor in decisions regarding state and local tax (acronym “SALT”) that the Supreme Court will soon consider. Currently the SALT community is...
View ArticleAdministrative Review Council Adds Value to Arbitration
Sometimes parties to an arbitration argue about whether there should be an arbitration at all, or whether they are properly-named participants. Those questions are for the courts or the arbitrator....
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